Internode from the beginning. These are some of the notable milestones and events that have occurred over the life of the Internode company group.
| 1987 | Future Internode MD, Simon Hackett, works at the University of Adelaide; helping to build the South Australian component of AARNet, the academic pre-cursor to commercial Internet in Australia. |
| 1990 | Simon Hackett creates the world's first IP-powered toaster! |
| 1991 | Internode Systems Pty Ltd (trading as 'Internode') commences business operations. |
| 1994 | Internode begins offering Internet services to the South Australian marketplace. |
| 1995 | Internode is connected to AARNet, and commences commercial delivery of Internet services to the South Australian Government. |
| 1997 | Agile Pty Ltd (trading as 'Agile Communications') founded to be a sister company to Internode, concentrating on building and operating telecommunications infrastructure. |
| 2001 | Internode launches the first non-Telstra end-to-end telecommunications network in the Coorong. |
| 2002 | The Internode Games Network launches - a private customer gaming network that grows into one of the largest in Australia. |
| Internode announces completion of first generation Voice over IP telephony service. |
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| 2003 |
Internode opens its new corporate head office : Internode House at 132 Grenfell St Adelaide. |
| All of Internode's Internet services - most importantly, ADSL - become available nationally. |
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| Internode Business Connect, an innovative and flexible private IP wide area networking service, is launched. | |
| 2004 |
Internode becomes presenting sponsor for the Adelaide Film Festival. |
| The Yorke Peninsula network extends broadband services further into regional South Australia. | |
| Internode gains its 100th employee. |
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| 2005 |
Internode extends its private backbone with direct links to the United States, becoming a First Tier international data backbone operator. |
| Internode becomes the first ISP in Australia to deliver ADSL2+ broadband services. |
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| NodePhone is launched, delivering national carrier-grade IP telephony with low 'distance independent' rates. |
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| Internode achieves Cisco Powered Network accreditation. |
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| 2006 |
The South Australian Government re-signs its contract with Internode, marking 11 years of continual Internet service provision to the SA Government Internet Gateway. |
| Internode accelerates its ADSL2+ rollout in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Canberra; from 67 exchanges to 113. |
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| Internode launches Australia's first Annex M ADSL2+, providing faster upload speeds than traditional ADSL services. | |
| Internode's 250th employee comes on board. | |
| 2007 | Internode extends its private backbone with massive direct links to the US via Japan on the Australia-Japan Cable (AJC), in addition to its existing and ongoing use of the Southern Cross Cable Network. |
| The Internode Wireless Hotspot network passes 100 access points, including the Citylan network across the Adelaide CBD, and airports in Adelaide, Darwin and Newcastle. | |
| Internode's third Internet Data Centre is commissioned, providing up to 1,000 square meters of carrier-grade data centre capacity. | |
| New corporate head offices at 150 Grenfell St are fitted out, as the employee count passes 300. | |
| 2008 | Internode builds regional WiMAX network on the Yorke Peninsula in S.A. |
| Naked ADSL2+ broadband released, removing the need to pay phone line rental for ADSL broadband. | |
| The entire company becomes CO2 free and begins purchasing 100% green power. | |
| International network extends to Japan, and adds redundancy to the United States. | |
| First Internode IPv6 services available to customers. Internode's core network now runs IPv6 natively. | |
| Patrick Tapper, Internode's GM moves up to the position of CEO. | |
| Internode launches chumby in Australia. | |
| Sean Habgood steps up from Financial Controller to CFO. |
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| Internode ADSL2+ is now available at over 1,400 telephone exchanges across Australia. | |
| 2009 | Major International network expansion completed. Internode's International network now extends to Singapore and Hong Kong, with dedicated peering links to Amsterdam and London. |
| First Internode Fibre to the Home services available at selected new housing developments across the country. | |
| 3G wireless broadband and home phone services now part of Internode's suite of products. | |
| The new Basslink fibre optic cable from the mainland to Tasmania is commissioned, with Internode as the first customer. | |
| Liz Cornelissen, Internode's Customer Service Manager is appointed as Chief Operating Officer, completing Internode's Executive team. | |
| Internode is now the largest independently-owned broadband services company in Australia. The company has quadrupled in size during the past four years: It now has more than 430 employees and over 150,000 broadband customers nationally. |
